CURIOUS INDEX, 9/3/08
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Insert “a quarterback running for his goddamn life” here. Jimbo Fisher will not divulge his starter for Florida State’s opener Saturday. (Remember: Florida State did not participate in the “ACC, How My Ass Taste? Weekend.” They had a hall pass or something.) Ninth-year starter Drew Weatherford, Christian Ponder, or D’Vontrey Richardson will start. If Richardson starts, Florida State may have to forfeit the game, as we suspect D’Vontrey is just a pseudonym for Xavier Lee, who has been training with Henri Ducard on a Tibetan mountaintop learning to use fear as a weapon, shadow as a friend, and the skinny post as a spear against hesitation. So you’re staying, pretty standard for gameday? Tiger Stadium took damage from Hurricane Gustav that sounds fairly mild compared to what could have happened (on a standard Saturday night, anyway.) However, Tiger Stadium had some damage, including broken glass and torn awnings over club seats. Debris littered the stands and playing field and the fence surrounding the field was damaged. A large scoreboard above the north end zone also was damaged. FEMA responded by sending LSU fifteen thousand expired MREs and purchasing eighty tons of concrete and shipping it overnight to San Juan, Puerto Rico. LSU plans to use the MRE’s to feed Ricky Jean-Francois for three days and will muddle along fine without outside help. However, Tiger Stadium had some damage, including broken glass and torn awnings over club seats. Debris littered the stands and playing field and the fence surrounding the field was damaged. A large scoreboard above the north end zone also was damaged. That Thing I Decided Has Been Reversed Deleted and Revised. Sean Glennon/Tyrod Taylor indecision: HOT 2008 REMIX DROPPIN’ NOW, BOOOYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEE!!! Perhaps Fowler has an allergy to intentionally frayed baseball caps. Blutarsky points out that while Gameday has Mr. Stabby, Oklahoma State fan in training. Belated note of football-related violence: Oklahoma football players out for a night on the town did write checks their bodies can’t cash, son. [/topgun'd!] Anytime you suffer a “minor stab wound and collapsed lung” and walk away from things, you’re in the win column in life. You know this was not the work of T. Boone Pickens’ wind-powered assassin robots, since they would have finished the job and then recycled the bodies in an eco-friendly, economically viable fashion. |
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1
RFP says:
Orson,
On a side note, did you notice the real Orson Swindle made an appearance at the Rep National Convention last night? For a second, I thought he was going to endorse Spurrier as a viable running mate for McCain.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 am
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Albino Tornado says:
So do Fulmer Cup points get retroactively removed following an acquittal, as they do if charges are dropped? Nebraska’s Andy Christensen — of the “throwing the bar owner across the room” fame — has been acquitted of sexual assault.
http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10422085
In other Nebraska news — we named a new pedestrian bridge after a one-legged ex-senator. Apparently our sense of irony has been leached out with our accents.
http://omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2798&u_sid=10422360
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:46 am
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Bobby Decatur says:
It’s likely the horrid threat of an October/November Saturday in the low 70s, bluebird skies, and the spate of obligatory hot 20 year old co-eds that keeps the ESPN crew away from Athens. Who wants that when we can see puff-ball down jackets, slate skies, and sleet in Lincoln or State College instead?
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:50 am
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Orson Swindle says:
We all know what Chris Fowler is truly afraid of, Bobby: happiness.
September 3rd, 2008 at 8:53 am
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spartymike says:
Also, T. Boone didn’t have any life insurance policies taken out on them boys…don’t forget about the death profit.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:04 am
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meatybob says:
Actually, I think that Gustav must have cleaned up Tiger Statium a bit. “Broken glass” and “damaged scoreboards” after an LSU home game is just par for the courseness.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:05 am
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Edsall is God says:
Gameday will be in Connecticut Nov. 1 when undefeated UConn takes on undefeated West Virginia.
I’m pretty sure USC will be on the top of this Gameday list in about 2 or 3 years. How come everyone kills ESPN for covering the SEC too much or Notre Dame too much when all I EVER hear about is USC???
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
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Big 12 WarBlog says:
Ain’t no party like a Sooner Knights party. BYOTI
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:07 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
Gotta cover Williams-Amherst, yo.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:23 am
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Biggus Rickus says:
Let’s bear in mind that Shyrod Taylor actually makes Sean Glennon look like a competent passer by comparison.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:30 am
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Ryno says:
Fowler’s delicate palate doesn’t agree with serious Cajun cookin’
He’s much more comfortable over a plate of arugula and mint infused lamb shanks than a plate of crawdads and a tower of onion “rangs”
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:33 am
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The Gentleman Masher says:
I think I read somewhere that the Gameday boys won’t got to Athens because of the lack of a 5-Star Hotel.
I’m guessing that’s more of a Fowler thing.
Also doens’t help that their biggest game of the year is usually played at a neutral site.
That said, this reminds most UGA fans that uttering the phrase “Not since the Donnan era…” is usually followed with something that will piss them off.
September 3rd, 2008 at 9:52 am
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Reed says:
I’m sure you’re already aware of this, but just in case:
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cs-03-doubletakesep03,0,4127690.story
Headline:
“Conference Call Accidentally Routed to Call Girls”
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:23 am
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blon says:
#13
I bet Leigh Torbin’s wife checks his outgoing calls from now on.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:30 am
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Kevin says:
Gameday at LSU led to the net being installed behind the set. Corso picked Alabama to win and LSU fans responded by throwing anything they could. One person threw a golf ball at Corso but missed.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:38 am
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bjw says:
“Remember: Florida State did not participate in the ‘ACC, How My Ass Taste? Weekend.’”
LOL ROFLlisberger. Haha.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:41 am
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Matthew says:
Read much, Orson?
Gameday hasn’t “been to Florida 27 times,” but instead their featured on-site game has had Florida as one of the participants 27 times.
Gameday has only been to Florida 9 times, tied with Michigan, one behind Ohio State’s 10 hostings of Gameday.
Really, with that swanky english and international relations degree, I’d figure your reading comprehension levels would be somewhat higher. Unless of course you don’t read what you actually post and/or write on your blog.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:55 am
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Gen. Stoopnagle says:
Just think 13: That could’ve been at Notre Dame.
Well, not really, but still. It would’ve been a heckuva lot funnier.
September 3rd, 2008 at 10:56 am
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Orson Swindle says:
Really, with that swanky english and international relations degree, I’d figure your reading comprehension levels would be somewhat higher. Unless of course you don’t read what you actually post and/or write on your blog.
Corrected, clarified, and pointed out in the entry. We blame only our incompetence for the error.
Now go fuck yourself.
September 3rd, 2008 at 11:11 am
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Ahab says:
Gameday won’t go to UGA b/c they keep insisting on putting the set on the bridge that overlooks the stadium. UGA has refused b/c this is one of the main arteries around the stadium and where everyone goes to meet & buy tix before the games. Neither side will budge so Gameday keeps choosing other locales.
September 3rd, 2008 at 1:50 pm
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Meg says:
I usually don’t care about Gameday one way or another as the thing has become damn near unwatchable- a sadness for me because it was also so exciting when it first cam out- a great way to get the day started. However, even I smirked a bit about the time the ENTIRE UGA team and crowd was dancing in the stadium last year. Yep, guys you could have been at an absolutely awesome game. Instead, you were in the upper northwest corner of Massachusetts with a student population much more concerned about what they would take for their winter intensive study than the fact there was a football game that weekend. I hope you enjoyed your moral victory….
September 3rd, 2008 at 2:26 pm
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Anon says:
I always thought the aversion to Gameday taping at SEC Venues was because ABC/Disney/ESPN didn’t broadcast the games, and therefore didn’t want to promote games being broadcast on another network (CBS, in this case). Now that they’ve got an eleventy-billion dollar deal with the SEC, I expect we’ll see Gameday at the SEC every week, including that blockbuster Vandy-Miss St matchup…
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:12 pm